Type 2 I Don't understand!

[Magsx1]

Hi, tested my bs yesterday morning before breakfast and it was 6.3 ate porridge and took a Metformin tablet and tested again after almost 3 hours and it then read 4.3 ? Any ideas?

 

[sally and james]

Firstly, the Metformin will be nothing to do with it.
Either one of the readings, or both, could have been "wrong", due to contamination or the inbuilt inaccuracies of meters.
Maybe you had a small portion of porridge, of the higher GI variety and by three hours it had peaked and dropped.
Maybe you had a low GI, less quickly digested porridge and ate it with cream, which would have slowed things down and the peak was still to hit.
Blood sugar is a funny old thing. Try the same thing again another day, but if you routinely find that porridge lowers your blood sugars, you are a rare creature indeed!
Sally

 

[Magsx1]

Thank you, I will test again.

 

[poohtiggy]

Thank you, I will test again.

Hi Magsx1, you test after 2 hours, at three hrs the level has probably already dropped some. If you test around 4.5 before eating and are under 8.5 after 2hours you are doing ok, most people spike with 2 weetabix but I'm fine with them and am thinking of retrying porridge, I love it and it's good for lowering colestorol

 

[ButtterflyLady]

Hi, tested my bs yesterday morning before breakfast and it was 6.3 ate porridge and took a Metformin tablet and tested again after almost 3 hours and it then read 4.3 ? Any ideas?

When you test again, do your second test at the 2 hour mark, and if the result is lower than the pre-meal, wash your hands and do another test. Also test for lunch and dinner then let us know how you got on.

 

[Magsx1]

Thank you both, I will do as you suggest.

 

[Indy51]

I read this advice many moons ago on how to establish your own peak response time by Dr Lois Jovanovic, Diabetologist:

"determine the best time for postprandial SMBG by testing 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and 120 minutes after a meal to detect their peak postprandial glucose concentration"

Her advice to physicians on self-monitoring of blood glucose below:

Educate your patients on the risks associated with high peak-postprandial glucose concentrations (≥150 mg/dL) (8.3mmol)

Ensure patients understand that postprandial glucose concentrations are determined by the total amount of carbohydrates consumed

•• Encourage patients to measure their carbohydrate consumption

•• Recommend that patients keep a food diary

Remind patients of the benefits of monitoring their blood glucose levels with SMBG and construct a testing plan that optimizes these benefits

•• Have patients determine the best time for postprandial SMBG by testing 45, 60, 75, 90, 105, and 120 minutes after a meal to detect their peak postprandial glucose concentration

•• Using preprandial and postprandial SMBG, together with a food diary, patients can understand how certain foods influence their glucose concentrations

•• If preprandial glucose concentrations are already high, there is no room for carbohydrates in the upcoming meal

Review recent SMBG and food diary data with your patients to help them recognize trends in out-of-target readings

•• Use this information to recommend a specific SMBG testing schedule including number of tests per day and appropriate testing times

•• Have patients meet with a nutrition specialist if they are having trouble identifying or controlling their carbohydrate consumption

 

[Magsx1]

Thank you, will I have enough fingers to do all those tests! Lol only joking, when I get my supplies through I will try what they suggest.